2.1 CS-OFDMA and frame structure
The standard radio interface employs CS-OFDMA as a key technique for both signal transmission and multiple accessing. CS-OFDMA is based on the OFDMA technique. Like OFDMA, each user is allocated a dedicated set of time-frequency grids for communication such that no multiple access interference and multipath interference incur. However, unlike conventional OFDMA where each coded symbol is directly mapped to an allocated time-frequency grid, a vector of CS-OFDMA signal is generated by pre-coding a vector of coded symbols. The resulting CSOFDMA signal vector is then mapped onto multiple time-frequency grids which are spread out in time and frequency. In this way, signals are transmitted with intrinsic frequency and time diversity. The CSOFDMA and multiple accessing are best illustrated by the following frame structure.
FIGURE 3
Frame structure for symmetric uplink and downlink
In Fig. 3, the 5 MHz band is divided into five sub-bands with each sub-band occupying 1 MHz. Each sub-band consists of 128 sub-carriers which are partitioned into 16 sub-channels; each subchannel includes eight distributed sub-carriers. The CS-OFDMA TDD frame has a length of 10 ms, consisting of one preamble slot, one ranging slot, eight traffic slots and two guard slots. The ratio of uplink traffic slots to downlink slots can be configured. Each slot includes 8/10 consecutive OFDMA symbols. The basic CS-OFDMA signal parameters are listed in Table 4.
TABLE 4
Basic CS-OFDMA signal parameters
Parameters
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Values
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FFT size
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1 024
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Sub-carrier spacing
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7.8125 kHz
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CS-OFDMA symbol duration
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137.5 s
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Cyclic prefix duration
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9.5 s
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BS occupied bandwidth
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5 MHz
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Number of guard sub-carriers
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32
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All sub-carriers inside a sub-band and a slot form a resource block which contains 128 sub-carriers by eight OFDMA symbols. The code spreading is performed on eight selected sub-carriers in each resource block with the eight sub-carriers uniformly distributed across the 1 MHz sub-band. A CS-OFDMA signal vector of size 8-by-1 is generated by left-multiplying a L-by-1 coded symbol vector by a precoding matrix of size 8-by-L. The resulting eight signals are then mapped onto the eight subcarriers. L is a loading factor of code spreading which is an integer variable equal to or less than 8. The scheme is illustrated in Fig. 4.
FIGURE 4
Code spreading with pre-coding matrix and its mapping onto sub-carriers
2.2 Key features of the standard radio interface
The standard radio interface provides an optimized framework to integrate PHY/MAC/DLC techniques such as advanced multiple antenna, adaptive loading factor and modulation, dynamic channel allocation, make-before-break handoff and QoS/GoS control. The mobile broadband system based on the standard radio interface offers deployment flexibility to meet various requirements on coverage, capacity and service.
The TDD/CS-OFDMA frame structure is amenable to apply multiple antenna techniques. With uplink and downlink beam-forming, the link quality and coverage is significantly improved while reducing inter-cell interference. The optimized spatial nulling technique enables the system to work under strong interference. Multiple beam-forming based signal transmit enhances the robustness of downlink link communication.
2.2.2 TDD
The TDD/CS-OFDMA frame structure supports flexible uplink and downlink throughput ratios 1:7, 2:6, 3:5, 4:4, 5:3, 6:2 and 7:1. TDD makes many un-paired spectrum usable for broadband access service. The standard radio interface is immune to BS-to-BS interference due to long distance, at the same time supports BS-to-terminal coverage larger than 80 km.
2.2.3 Adaptive loading factor and modulation
The radio interface supports the following modulation scheme for both uplink and downlink: QPSK, 8-PSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM. The FEC employs shortened Reed-Solomon (31, 29) with fixed code rate 96/106. The channel-dependent rate control is conducted by jointly adjusting modulation order and code-spreading loading factor according to the path loss, channel condition, bandwidth request and user Grade of Service (GoS) to achieve optimum system-wise spectral efficiency.
2.2.4 Dynamic channel allocation
The radio interface has incorporated intelligent interference detection and avoidance mechanism. The BS assigns channels for each terminal based on the real time uplink and downlink interference distribution observed by all terminals. In this way, each terminal can always communicate in the sub-channels with the least interference level. The technique, combined with the adaptive nulling technique, makes it feasible to deployment with frequency reuse factor equal to one.
2.2.5 QoS/GoS
The radio interface provides a QoS/GoS control mechanism to meet quality requirements of various classes of service. The mechanism is realized through QoS aware link adaptation, packet scheduling and GoS based bandwidth management. Eight QoS levels and eight GoS grades are defined in the radio interface.
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